'A Brief History of Byzantine Art Essay\r'

' gnarled Art important pictorial Document\r\nSt.mark’s basilica, Venice italy\r\n[pic]\r\nfour co-emperor ruling formulate called The Tetrarchy\r\n[pic]\r\nCupola at the transept indulgeing\r\n[pic]\r\nThe close to famous of the survive Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople †the image of Christ Pantocrator on the walls of the upper southern gallery [pic]\r\nMiniatures of the 6th-century Rabula Gospeldisplay the more epitome and symbolic nature of Byzantine nontextual matter. [pic]\r\nFrescoes in Nerezi close Skopje (1164), with their unique blend of high tragedy, gentle gentleity, and homespun(p) realism, anticipate the approach of Giotto and other proto-Renaissance Italian artists.[ [pic]\r\n thumb from an ivory diptych ofAreobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus, consul in Constantinople, 506. Areobindus is shown above, presiding over the games in the Hippodrome, pictured beneath. [pic]\r\nMosaic from San Vitale in Ravenna, showing the Emperor Just inian and Bishop Maximian of Ravenna touch by clerics and soldiers [pic]\r\nMosaic from the church of Hagios Demetrios inThessaloniki, late seventh or early 8th century, showingSt. Demetrios with donors [pic]\r\nHelios in his chariot, border by symbols of the months and of the zodiac. From Vat. Gr. 1291, the â€Å"Handy Tables” of Ptolemy, produced during the reign of Constantine V. [pic]\r\nAn example of Macedonian ivorywork: the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, now in the Bode Museum,Berlin [pic]\r\nThe proclamation from Ohrid, one of the most admired icons of the Paleologan Mannerism, bears comparison with the finest contemporary works by Italian artists [pic]\r\nModern Jewish-Orthodox mural from Israel using a depiction of the parturition of Christ little changed in over a millennium [pic]\r\nByzantine Manuscripts (sixth to 15th century)\r\nIn the Byzantine Empire, another tradition of manuscript glow emerged. The most influential characteristics of Byzantine manuscript pa inting were the thick use of precious metals, especially gold; the resource of bright colors; and the use of empty space, a good deal filled with gold leaf, as background. Byzantine illumination was frequently devoted to narrating biblical stories. Styles of depicting the human figure varied in Byzantine art over the centuries. Sarcophagus\r\nSt.peter\r\n[pic]\r\nThe so-called Gothic chieftain, from the Mosaic Peristyle of the outstanding Palace of Constantinople [pic]\r\nSaint Peter mosaic from the Chora church building\r\n[pic]\r\nA pre-Iconoclastic depiction of St. Demetrios at the Hagios Demetrios Basilica in Thessaloniki. [pic]\r\nThe mosaics of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice\r\n[pic]\r\nmosaic in San Vitale in Ravenna\r\n[pic]\r\nByzantine mosaic in Ravenna’s Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe [pic]\r\nLatin cross plan\r\nA view of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul\r\n[pic]\r\nLocation at bottom Turkey Istanbul\r\n[pic]\r\nInterior view of the Hagia Sophia, sh owing Islamic elements on the top of the main dome. [pic]\r\nStone ashes of the basilica ordered by Theodosius II, showing the honey of God [pic]\r\nConstruction of church depicted in codex Manasses Chronicle (14th century) [pic]\r\nGroundplan of the Hagia Sophi\r\n'